Organisation / Company : FUNDACIÓN IMDEA AGUA
Department : Economic and institutional analysis
Research Field : Engineering
Researcher Profile : Recognised Researcher (R2)
Positions : Postdoc Positions
Country : Spain
Application Deadline : 15 Jan 2025 - 00 : 00 (Europe / Madrid)
Type of Contract : Temporary
Job Status : Full-time
Hours Per Week : 37.5
Offer Starting Date : 26 Dec 2024
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe (other)
Reference Number : 101124884
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
We are looking for an early career (postdoctoral) hydrologist with expertise in modeling land use dynamics in water systems (knowledge of human-water systems / hydroeconomics / socio-hydrology modeling is an asset) to work on the ERC CoG WaterTheft, funded by the European Union's HORIZONTE EUROPE research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101124884.
The researcher will work for four years on the preparation of the hydrologic database, in close collaboration with a senior researcher producing remote sensing estimates on water use across California, Australia, and Spain; on the setup of the hydro(geo)logic models and their coupling with human systems, leveraging land use dynamics and their integration into hydrological models, in close collaboration with micro- and macro-economic modellers; and on the setup of the multi-model ensemble, in close collaboration with data scientists and ensemble modellers to support ensemble forecasting exercises. The working language will be English.
Requirements
Candidates must meet the following requirements :
Applicants must submit the following documentation :
Languages
ENGLISH Level : Excellent
Additional Information
Employment contract full-time : 37.5 hours / week
Approximate incorporation date : February 2025
Type of contract : contract for scientific-technical activities under article 23-bis of Law 14 / 2011, of 1 June, on Science, Technology and Innovation, until the end of the project, scheduled for 31 / 05 / 2029.
Eligibility criteria
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